The internet has made it possible for more people to be makers. Creative communities are more accessible than ever to people of all ages. Think about the photo editing possibilities anyone has for free via Picnik (well until it disappears next month) when a photographer or graphic designer used to have to have very expensive software to edit photos. Most [...]
I’m blogging about an article about blogging. Let’s just take a moment to think about that please. Okay. Now, there are many reasons why I appreciate blogging as a part of the classroom. Most importantly for me, as Kathleen Fitzpatrick recognizes in her article “The Literary Machine: Blogging the Literature Course” , blogging allows students to be [...]
Computers are often considered to be the main component of our increasingly paperless world. It’s hard to believe that they were once completely dependent on paper. Though I was not alive during this era in computer science, my dad was and I’ve heard all the stories. He occasionally pulls out his punch cards from their [...]
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessgood” captured the emotional appeal of books. They are more than just information or words. Throughout the story, Morris realizes the sentiments that I realized when I realized that words were my home. In an essay I wrote, “Writing and I” I explained, “the first time I wrote down [...]
To what extent is our advancement inevitable? As I read the essays by Vannevar Bush, I found myself wondering whether he was predicting the future or just expressing what humans would eventually want and work towards. Would technology have advanced the same way without his input? In other words, how important was his role as [...]
Reading and Social Class Sources: The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control Kindle Edition. by Ted Striphas Monk Scribe, Gutenberg Press, Gutenberg Map Images: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg/html/2.html “Are we having fun yet? Students, social class, and the pleasures of literacy” by Bronwyn T. Williams Borders Picture: http://www.geekosystem.com/borders-bookstore-dead/ Barnes and Noble Picture: http://ecolibris.blogspot.com/2010/05/is-there-future-for-barnes-noble-and.html Amazon Logo: http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/hidden-logos-in-graphic-designing/ Reading/Math scores [...]
Blogging has been an essential part of my experience in “Media and Culture” this semester. Through posting and commenting, I have been able to form opinions and ask questions that connect deeply to the reading and class activities. More than ever before, the act of writing out my thoughts in such an interactive format has [...]
Thesis: Book culture is perpetuated as a high-class activity through the use of marketing and celebrity endorsement. This is adapted by my conclusion. Evidence: Pre-Gutenberg books more expensive than churches/ only for priests Berney’s marketing of shelves/ during the depression Books as heartfelt gifts Fake books/ to pretend to be more Independent bookstores/ more expensive [...]
I’ve read only 5 books of the over 60 books that Oprah has chosen for her book club (I’m a little ashamed that the number isn’t higher). The only one I remember specifically reading after it was mentioned on Oprah was Anna Karenina. My mother bought the Oprah’s Book Club version because she figured it would be [...]